Music roll and apparatus for making same



Dec. 4 1923. 1,476,358

. Y J. A. FISHER MUSIC ROLL AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING SAME Filed April 19. 1920 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 J. A. FISHER MUSIC ROLL AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING SAME Dec. 4 1923.

2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed April 19, 1920 Patented Eco. 4, 1 923.

:Nirso STATES A 1,47%,358 PATENT orrics.

JOHN A. FISHER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIG-NOR TO IMPERIAL PLAYER ROLL COM- PANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A GGRPORATEON OF ILLINOIS.

MUSIC ROLL AND APPARATUS FOR I'JIAKING- SAME.

Application filed April 19, 1920. Serial No. 374,824.

To all whom it nmg coacem.

Be it known that I. .Torrn A. FISHER, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Music Rolls and Apparatus for lvfaking Same, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to music-rolls and apparatus for makingsame.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide an improved tab for a note-sheet.

Other objects of my invention are to provide improved apparatus for securing the tab to the note-sheet; improved means for producing an impression on the note-sheet; and improved means for simultaneously se curing the tab to the note-sheet and making an impression on the note-sheet.

' Further objects will appear from the detailed description to follow and from the appended claims.

In the drawings, in which an embodiment of my invention is shown, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a machine for securing a tab to a note-sheet and printing a title and other indicia on the note-sheet; I

Fig. 2 is an enlarged, vertical, sectional view of parts of the machine shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the movable note sheet carriage and associated parts;

Fig. 4% is a view of a part of the machine shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a view of the blank for a tab;

Fig. 6 is a. view, showing the tab in condition to be secured to the front end of the note-sheet; and

Fig. 7 is a sectional view, on an enlarged scale, of the tab. on the line 77 of F i gure 6, when secured to the note-sheet.

In order to give a general idea of my i11- vention before describing in detail, its specifie embodiment. I will state that note-sheets for automatic musical instruments now in use usually have a tab secured to the front end thereof for attachment to the take-up spool, and that it is customary to provide the front end-part of the notesheet with a label; which label may give the name of the manufacturer, the name of the musical selection, and any other desired indicia. In using the apparatus shown, the operator places the note-sheet on a movable carriage, places a moistened, adhesive tab in proper position with respect to the front end of the notesheet, and then presses a handle to swing the movable carriage about its axis. 'This movement of the movable carriage about its axis brings the note-sheet against a stationary type-block, which prints the title and other desired indicia on the note-sheet and causes a presser-member to force the moistened, adhesive tab firmly against the note-sheet to secure it thereto.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, and first to the tab which is secured to the front end of the note-sheet (shown in detail in Figs. 5, 6 and 7), the blank for this tab comprises three portions,a triangular portion 10, an annular portion 11, and a tongue or connecting portion 12 between the portions 10 and 1.1. This blank may be of any suitable, flexible fabric and has one face entirely covered with an adhesive.

When the tab is to be secured to the front end of the note-sheet 13, the operator moistens the adhesive face of the tab, inserts the annular portion 11 through the metal ring 14:, bends the tongue-portion 12 and the annular portion 11 into the position shown in Fig. ,6, probably pressing the annular portion 11 against the triangular portion 10, places the triangular portion 10 in proper position with respect to the front end of the note-sheet with the moistened adhesive face of the triangular portion in contact with the note-sheet, and then operates the machine to cause the tab to be pressed firmly against the note-sheet.

The following facts will be That both portions 10 and 11 of the tab are located on the same side of the note-sheet when the tab is secured thereto: also, that the triangular portion 10 of the tab has two separated areas secured by the adhesive to the noie-sheetthat is to say, it has a circular portion. inside the annular portion 11, secured to the note-sheet through the opening'in the annular portion 11 (F 7), and it also has the portion, outside of the annular portion 11. secured to the note-sheet;

further, that the annular portion 11, itself,

will be caused toadhere to the triangular portion 10, due to the adhesive between the two; and finally, that there is a double thicknoted i 'movable jaw 17.

ness of the tab overlying, and secured to, the note-sheet. The double thickness of the tab'makes the construction more durable and the tab less liable to break or cracltat the tongue-portion 12 thereof than would be the case it only one thickness of the i abric were used, and the fact that both thicknesses of the fabric are designed to lie upon one face of the note-sheet facilitates the securing of the tab thereto. The opening of the annular portion 11 permits the triangular portion 10 to be secured directly to the notesheet adjacent the extreme front end thereof, resulting in a much stronger connection than would be the case it the opening were not there. If that part of the tab overlying the triangular portion-1O 6) were carried back without exposing the intervening adhesive surface, it would result that a considerable area of the triangular portion 10 could not be caused to'adhere to the notesheet', and the'tab would be liable to become separated therefrom.

The placing of both portions 10 and 11 on the same side of the note-sheet facilitates the useof the apparatus for mechanically pressing-the tab against the note-sheet to secure it in place.

I will now describe the apparatus for securing the tab to the note-sheet and printing the title and other desired indicia. This machlne comprises, in general, a stationary bed or platen 15, on which the type-block 16 is supported, and a movable or ca- -riage 17, which carries the note-sheet up the tab to be pressed in place and secured. Suitable,spr1ng-pressed inking rollers 20 are caused to move across the face of the typebl-ock 16 on each actuation of the movable jaw 17, these rollers being carried by a. pivoted arm21 and moving upwardly, from the position shown in'Fig. 1, across the face of the type-block 16, and thence upwardly, over the inking plate 22, to receive a fresh supply of ink. The inking rollers 20 are moved up when'the printing and pressing operations take place, out ot the way 01": the A suitable operating handle 23 is provided, the actuation of which causes the movement otthe pivoted j aw 17 and also the movement otthe inking rollers :20. The type-block l6. and the abutmentmember-CLQ "may be detacliably mounted in slips the any suitable manner in a holder or frame- -1nember 24:, which can be secured in any the movable jaw 17 for supporting the music-spool 26 (Figr This rest may be of such a length that its ends will engage the flanges 27 of the music-spool to properly position the music-spool and the front end of the note-sheet,-and may be secured to the movable jaw by means of a pair or bent metal straps 28.

For positioning the V-shaped front end of the notesheet, a pair of inclined guides are provided, these guides being secured to the movable jaw 17 at such an angle to each other that the edges of end 29 will engage the guides 80, as shown in Fig. 3. These guides 30 also serve to position the tab with respect to the note-sheet, by engaging the edges of the V-shaped front part of the triangular portion 10 of the tab.

For holding the front end 29 of the note sheet in position, after it has been properly positioned against the guides, a pair of pivoted, spring-pressed arms 31 are provided, having bearing-pads 32 which bear against the note-sheet 13. The pivoted arms 31 are both secured to a rock-shaft 83, which rocks in bearings 3a secured to the carriage 17. For holding the bearing-pads down on the note-sheet, a coil-tension-spring 35 is provided (Fig. 1), which has one end connected at 2:56 to the base 87 ofthe'machine and has its other end connected at 38 to a rock-arm 39, which is secured. at 40 to the rock-shalt In order to facilitate the lifting of the bearing-pads 32, the rock-arm 39 is provided with a rearward extension 41, so that, by bearing down on this rearward extension 4-1, the bearing-pads 32 can be raised to facilitate the insertion and removal of the note-sheet. This rock-shaft 33, to which the arms 31 and the r0ck-ar1n 39 are secured, also provides a pivot for the pivoted presser-member 18 which engages the tab, the presser-member 18 being provided with a pair 01 arms 42 which are pivotally mounted on the rock-shaft 33, as indicated in Fig. 3. y

For normally holding the presser-member 18- in raised position (as shown in Fig. 2,) a coil-spring 1-3 is provided, one 'end of which is secured at n to the rock-shalt'lil and the other end 45 of which engages underneath one of the arms 42 to normally hold the presser-member 18 in the raised position shown in Fig. 2, out of engagement with the'tab.

In using the machine, the operator takes the music-roll 26, places it in position in the rest 25 (as shown in Fig. 3,) draws out. the front end 29 of the note-sheet, presses down on the: extension 41 to raise the arms'31, front end er the note-sheet llO the note-sheet under the influence of the the front edges of the triangular portion 10 being brought up against the guides 80 to insure the proper relative position of the tab and the note-sheet. The operator then presses down on the handle 23, which swing the movable jaw17 upwardly, to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. This brings the note-sheet 13 against the typeblock 16, causing the title and other desired indicia to be printed, and also brings the pivoted presser-member 18 against the abut-' ment-miember 19, causing the presser-member 18 to swing relatively to the carriage 17 (by holding the presser-member 18 from movement, thereby resulting in the carriage 17 moving up against it) to cause the pressermember 18 to bear on the tab to press the tab firmly against the note-sheet to cause it to adhere thereto.

In the claims where the expression attaching tab is used, it is to be understood as meaning a tab by which the front or leader end of the note-sheet may be at tached to the take-up roll of an automatic musical instrument.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A machine comprising means for impressing a character on a note-sheet for an automatic musical instrument and means for securing an attaching tab to the notesheet.

2. A machine comprising means for impressing a character on a notesheet for an automatic musical instrument and means for si1mlltanemisly securing an attaching tab to the note-sheet.

8. A machine comprising means for positioning the front end of a note-sheet for an automatic musical instrument, means for positioning an attaching tab with respect to the front end of the note-sheet, means for pressing the tab and the front end of the note-sheet together to cause the tab to adhere thereto, and means for impressing a character on the note-sheet. v

4:. A machine comprising means for securing a tab having a V-shaped front to a notesheet having a V-shaped front; said means comprising a V-shaped guide, against which both of the V-shaped fronts are positioned, and means for pressing the taband the notesheet together to cause the tab to adhere to' the note-sheet.

5. A machine comprising stationary impression-means, a stationary stop, a carriage for supporting a note-sheet and for supporting a tab in position to besecured to the note-sheet, and a movable presser-member, which, when actuated, presses the tab against the note-sheet; said carriage being movable to bring the note-sheet against said stationary impressiommeans and to bring said presser-member against said stationary stop to cause said presser-member to press the tab and the note-sheet together.

6. A machine comprising stationary impression-means, a stationary stop, a carriage for supporting a note-sheet and for supporting a tab in position to be secured to the note-sheet, and a movable presser-member, which, when actuated, presses the tab against the note-sheet; said carriage being movable to bring the note-sheet against said stationary impression-means and to bring said presser-member against said stationary stop to cause said presser-member to press the tab and the note-sheet together; said presser member being mounted on said carriage.

7. A machine comprising stationary impression-means, a stationary stop, a carriage for supporting a note-sheet and for supporting a tab in position to be secured to the note-sheet, and a movable presser-memher, which, when actuated, presses the tab against the note-sheet; said carriage being movable to bring the note-sheet against said stationary impression-means and to bring said presser-member against said stationary stop to cause said presser-member to press the tab and the notesheet together; said presser-member being pivotally mounted on said carriage.

8. A machine comprising stationary im pressionaneans, a movable carriage for supporting a note-sheet and a tabrin pro-per position with respect to each other, and means whereby movement of said movable carriage will cause said in'ipressiou-means to act on the notesheet and will cause the tab to be secured to the note-sheet.

9. A machine comprising, stationary impression-means, a movable carriage for supporting a note-sheet and a tab in proper position with respect to each other, and means whereby movement of said movable carriage will cause said impression-means to act on the note-sheet and will cause the tab to be secured to the note-sheet; said car riage being provided with means for supporting the music-spool.

10. A machine comprising a movable car. riage, means thereupon for supporting a note-sheet and a tab in proper position with respect: to each ether m'eans .mountedon musicalinstrument egainstseid guide, .means for holding an-vettztchlng tab against said guide. in, position with respect to the note-sheet, and meansio-r el'fecting the securing of the tab tov .the note-sheet While thus held.

x12. A nmc-hine comprising a,gui-de, n:1eztns 01 holding, a notersheetwfor annztutomatic vmusical instrument eguinst said -fguide,

means for holdingsan. attaching tab against said guide in position with respect to the note-sheet, and means for pressingthetab and note-sheet together to effect the securing of the tab to; the noteesheet.

13. A ,mecl1ine comprising means for holding a note-sheet forvan: automatio'musical instrument, means for holding an attaching tab in position with respect to the end-part of the. note-sheet and means for pressing the tabiandnote-sheet together to effect the securing of the tabvto thenotesheet; thelust sa i for apply dines-11s comprising in ee-ns pressure to theseeond said -.1 L;.-A:.1n2tehine comprising means for rholding-(1 note-sheet for; automatic musical instrument, means-for positioning an attaching tab with respect to the-end-pert of the note-sheen means for holding theattanhing tab in position against the notesheet, and means for etfectingthe securing of the tab to e the note-sheet Whil-Q nth-us held.

n15 A machine ee-m n'isin 1116,3118 for holding a note-sheet for an automatic musicaldnstru-ment, means for positioning an attaching tab with respect, to the end-pert of the note-sheehlmeans for holding thenttaehing tab in position against, the note- .sheet, and m-eens for effecting the securing lot thetabito thenote-sheet While thus held;

said positioning Vsshepedguide.

In Witness whereof; Lhave-hereunto subscribedmy name.

means comprising 2:,

JOHN A! FISHER.

Witnesses:

J.- CLARKE HAGEY, J B. Hnonnnn. 

